Sue Monk Kidd

“Because you weren’t ready to know about her. I didn’t want to risk you running away again. I wanted you to have a chance to get yourself on solid ground, get your heart bolstered up first.

“How dare you leave me! You need a lesson, is what you need!”

He stood over me. “Deborah,” I heard him mumble. “You’re not leaving me again.”

“There is nothing perfect,” August said from the doorway. “There is only life.”